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Opening Excel spreadsheets via explorer - issues in Excel 2007 ?

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Melanie - 17 Jul 2007 16:02 GMT
Hello!  I'm hoping the experts here can help me with this quirky issue.  I
have a user who when she double clicks on a spreadsheet from her My Documents
folder or from an email or such, Excel 2007 opens yet will not open the
document itself.  If you click around long enough it usually will open, or if
you go to the open dialog you can open it that way.  Here's what I have tried
- under Excel Options/Advanced I've tried both unchecking and checking the
option to ignore other applications that use DDE with no luck.
Also have tried modifying how the sheets open using this - Application to
perform action:
At the end of the line after /e append a space character followed by "%1"
(including the quotes)
DDE Application Not Running:
Insert new text: [rem see command line] (including the brackets)

Oddly enough this seems to work for a little while, then stop working.  I
have no other things to try.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled with no luck.  
That was my last resort tactic.  Is there something else I can check?  Or am
I doomed to have to redo her machine for this quirky error?
Melanie - 23 Jul 2007 17:10 GMT
Any thoughts on this at all?  I know its minor but I have a few folks bugging
me about it.

> Hello!  I'm hoping the experts here can help me with this quirky issue.  I
> have a user who when she double clicks on a spreadsheet from her My Documents
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> That was my last resort tactic.  Is there something else I can check?  Or am
> I doomed to have to redo her machine for this quirky error?
Barry - 24 Jul 2007 20:50 GMT
I would be interested in finding the answer to this as I am also having this
problem. When I click on the spreadsheet in my documents folder it opens
excel but the document doesn't open until I click on the Office Button. Other
files such as Word or Power Point do not act like this. They open all the way
as they are supposed to.

> Hello!  I'm hoping the experts here can help me with this quirky issue.  I
> have a user who when she double clicks on a spreadsheet from her My Documents
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> That was my last resort tactic.  Is there something else I can check?  Or am
> I doomed to have to redo her machine for this quirky error?
 
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